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Sep 19, 2012 · Sailing from North Africa’s Barbary Coast, the Barbarossa (which means “red beard” in Italian) brothers Aruj and Hizir became rich by capturing European vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Jesse Greenspan
Oct 7, 2019 · This 16th-century corsair was the most feared pirate of the Mediterranean. No Spanish ships or ports were safe when dread pirate Barbarossa, ally of the powerful Ottoman Empire, sailed the high...
Aug 16, 2023 · Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Redbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates of his day. Together with his older brothers, Ishak and Aruj, they conquered the North African city of Algiers and submitted it to the Ottomans, as a means of protecting themselves from the Spanish.
- Dhwty
Redbeard is a pirate of French origin. After a troublesome youth he went roaming the seven seas for gold and fortune on his ship, the Black Falcon. He has gathered a great fortune over the years, most of which was hidden in the Florida Everglades. But a lot of his fortune was needed to buy or repair his ships.
Aug 24, 2011 · Barbarossa means "red beard" - a name given to him by the Italians due to the reddish tone of his bushy beard. It is assumed that he was born in 1122.
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There is one red-bearded pirate - but he was a Barbaresk Corsair who later became an Ottoman Admiral.
Discover the incredible life of Hayreddin Barbarossa - the Ottoman Greek pirate whose raids terrorized the Mediterranean in the early 1500s! Born in Lesbos, ...
